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Troostite from
Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Willemite var: Troostite
Formula:(Zn,Mn)2SiO4
Comments:Troostite is a brown variety of willemite abundant in the Sterling Mine. The color is due to included matter and varies from an opaque tan to a deep mahogany-brown.
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Calcite71 photos of Troostite associated with Calcite at this locality.
Franklinite36 photos of Troostite associated with Franklinite at this locality.
Willemite8 photos of Troostite associated with Willemite at this locality.
Sphalerite3 photos of Troostite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Kraisslite1 photo of Troostite associated with Kraisslite at this locality.
Pyroaurite-2H1 photo of Troostite associated with Pyroaurite-2H at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Troostite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
Photo GalleryView Gallery (27 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:54561
Long-form Identifier:1:3:54561:9
GUID (UUID V4):07991513-ff8e-4c0f-bae2-5a6ccae4aec8
Nearest other occurrences of Troostite
3.9km (2.4 miles) Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 19 Sept. 1978 Number Two www.FOMSNJ...TABLE , official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc. is issued twice yearly;...editors welcome information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write... 08886 Richard C. Bostwick, RD No. 1, Box 497, Sussex, N.J. 07461 Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern Road, Teaneck...article, The Franklin Zinc-Iron-Manganese Deposits, New Jersey (Economic Geol., Vol. 69, No. 2 1974), the committee
Book
FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL CLIFFORD FRONDEL THE MINEt 4-S OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL A Check List...the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines...minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had never been previously...stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area’s geological develop¬...current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty photo¬ graphs
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUME VII AUGUST 966 NUMBER 2 www.FOMSNJ...October 15th - Field trip 9 A.M. to Noon Andover Iron Mine, Andover, N. J. Meeting - 2:30 P.M. Speaker to be...Kiwanis Club will sponsor the 10th Annual Franklin Sterling Mineral Exhibit, at the Franklin Armory, Routes...Buckwheat Dump, the Franklin Mineral Museum and the Mine Replica* Every collector, novice to expert, always...recently been determined. Instead, it is an entirely new type composed of a network of corner-linked zinc
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CONNOISSEUR'SCHOICE PAUL W. POHWAT Downloaded by [New York University] at 00:58 20 June 2015 Division...Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu WILLEMITE Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb, Otjikoto, Namibia M ineral nomenclature...1824, from specimens obtained from Franklin, New Jersey; they called the mineral a siliceous oxide or... Downloaded by [New York University] at 00:58 20 June 2015 Figure 1. Willemite from the Tsumeb mine, Otijikoto...important as an ore of zinc only at the Franklin–Sterling Hill deposits. In the Smithsonian collection the
Report (issue)
THEMINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL NEWJERSEY BULLETIN 65 NEW JERSEYGEOLOGICALSURVEY DEPARTMENTOF...ECONOMICDEVELOPMENT NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 65 BULLETIN THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN NEW AND STERLING JERSEY...Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey STATE Department OF NEw JERSEY of Conservation and Economic...Geologist TRENTON, NEW JERSEY --1962-- NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY HILL, NEW JERSEY GEOLOGICAL SURVEY...Species and Varieties First Found at Franklin or Sterling Hill .......................... 13 Other Mineral
Journal (issue)
Recent Geochemical Investigations at the Sterling Hill Mine, New Jersey Zinc Co. Sunday, May 7th Fossil Field... July 8th Field trip - Bethlehem Steel Company Mine, Cornwall, Pa. Noon to 4:00 P.M. Daily Franklin...'73 Alice L. Kraissl '73 '73 F.O.M.-S. Notes A new administration assumes office for the year 1972....as a regular item is suggested (not necessarily mine). It could also be included in bulletins mailed...fluorescence or,phosphorescence in Franklin/Sperling Hill minerals communicate with me "on the subject, ,either:in
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG WINERALOGICAL SOGSETY VOLUME 14 NUMBER 2 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents...September 15th Field trip - Cellate Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin, N.J. 9=00 A.M. to Noon Meeting -...Saturday, October 20th Field trip - Old Andover Mine (opposite Aeroflex Field) Limcrest Road, Andover... Frank Mankiewicz, re the Recent Work of the New Jersey Geological Survey Saturday, November 17th Field... Box 155, No. Hackensack, N.J. P.E. Scovern, New Jersey Herald, Hamburg, N.J. Publicity Program Frank
Journal (issue)
JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY VOLUMES AUGUST 1968 NUMBER 2 www.FOMSNJ...M. to Noon. September 21st Cellate Quarry, Cork Hill Road, Franklin. Meeting 2:30 P. A. Speaker, John...October 19th Field trip, 9 A.M. to Noon Andover Iron Mine, Andover, N. J. Meeting 2:30 P.M. Speaker, John...International License. We particularly require a new Field Trip Chairman. For three years we have enjoyed...resolution of the New Jersey State Legislature, the Borough Council and the Sussex County Board of Freeholders
Journal (issue)
Clynes - regarding Current Mining Activities at Sterling Hill. Saturday, April 21st Field Trip - The Buckwheat...Auditing Field Trip F.O.fa.S. Notes We welcome two new officers to our 1973 Executive Board - Bill Welsh...been retitled "The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill - A Check List", while only a small volume,...annual field trips, have visited the Bethlehem Steel mine at Cornwall, Perm. These members should particularly...State. One afternoon I arrived at Cornwall, Lebanon County, where there are extensive iron mines. Going first
Journal (issue)
Geologist The Newsletter of the Geological Society of New Hampshire, Spring Edition –March 2015 – Issue No...FOP announcement  What your Board is doing  Troostite  Upcoming Events and Much More! MESSAGE FROM...16:02 - Pyroclastic flows continue to occur, as a new lobe of viscous lava is growing in the summit crater...Earth Science Dept. Shane Csiki - 2nd prize – Troostite (Zn,Mn)2(SiO4), Franklin, NJ Donated by the UNH...Brazil Donated by Robert Whitmore WHAT IS TROOSTITE? Troostite was named in 1832 by Charles Upham Shepard
Book
ywltn. ! x Lakeis / 2 feipDenviilcJ* ^^^OQIll ^ Jersey ■ CAty i E0 *«• NATURE’S HIDDEN RAINBOWS NATURE’S...RAINBOWS The Fluorescent Minerals of Franklin, New Jersey : [i by the writer of “Collecting Fluorescent...17,18, 19 and 32. Ralph Walters of Franklin, New Jersey, Numbers 4, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Carl...Among them are, declara­ tion by the State of New Jersey that Franklin is the “Fluorescent Mineral Capital...information, add notes on the minerals, and add a special new section which treats the above mentioned recent events
Report (issue)
THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY BY CHARLES PALACHE UNITED STATES...preserved from Sterling Hill. 6. A, Largest octahedron of franklinite preserved from Sterling Hill; B, Large...of willemite; B, Large crystals of willemite (troostite) with franklinite -_,----_-----------------.-_----14...surface; D, Bladed crystals of calamine coating troostite _______________________________ 17. A, Hemimorphic...variety troostite____ Crystal of willemite, variety troostite.. __ Tabular hemimorphic crystal of friedelite
Book
THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN AND STERLING HILL A Check List By Clifford Frondel This concise and informative...the unique ore deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey. For over two hundred years, the mines...minerals have been identified at Franklin and Sterling Hill, including forty-four that had never been previously...stimulate international interest in Franklin and Sterling Hill. Part Two traces the area's geological develop­...current references. The Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill is illustrated with over thirty photo­ graphs
Journal (issue)
D JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Volume 18 March 1977 www.FOMSNJ.org The...21st Field Trip - FARBER Limestone Quarry, Cork Hill Rd., Franklin, N.J. 9:00 A.M. to 12:00 Noon. Lecture...PICKING TABLE, Official publication of The Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society, Inc., is issued twice...Editor welcomes information on Franklin and Sterling Hill for publication in this journal. Please write...President Richard C. Bostwick, RD #1, Box 497, Sussex, N.J. 07461 Secretary Helen Warinsky, 695 Suffern
Journal (issue)
TABLE, FRANKLIN OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC., BOX 146 FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY VOLUME III FEBRUARY...Buckwheat Dump, Franklin, N.J. Joint trip with the New Jersey Audubon Society. April 21st - Meeting. 2:00 P...Franklin, N.J. Speaker - An official of the Hew Jersey Zinc Company. Topic - Reduction of Franklin Ores...Mineral Show sponsored by the mineral clubs of North Jersey. The CORONET, 925 Springfield Avenue, Irvington...Swap Session and picnic. Joint trip with the North Jersey Mineralogical Society. Additional details later
Report (issue)
willemite, and zincite at Franklin Furnace and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been by far the most important source...recovered. Manganese and iron are byproducts of the New Jersey and Leadville deposits. Commercial ores commonly...geologically unique deposits of Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J., have been a major source, although recently...franklinite and willemite deposits at Franklin and Sterling Hill, N.J. Chemists, unlike geologists, define "oxidized"...(mostly In handsorted concentrates) Supergene ore: New Jersey 2______________________________ _ Pennsylvania2
Journal (issue)
THE PICKING JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN-OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY Vol. 45, No. 1—Spring 2004 $15...Inside This Issue: • • • • • The updated Franklin-Sterling species list How to photograph fluorescent minerals...II An interview with Dr. Pete Dunn, part II The Sussex mineral show you probably missed A close-up view...Secretary Tema J. Hecht 600 West 111th Street, Apt. 11B New York, NY 10025 Membership Information Treasurer...mines, or mining history of the Franklin-Ogdensburg, New Jersey, area is invited to join the FranklinOgdensburg
Book
Mineral Collecting rr at Franklin and Sterling Hill, I New Jersey ffi fi.-i'l �� with Notes as to the...FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY • A Guide to Mineral Collecting at Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey with Notes...Senchuck of the Harri-Anne Studios. Franklin. New Jersey. Mrs. Florence Hansen of the Franklin-Kiwanis...Ervan F. Kushner, Books 5 Colt Street Paterson. New Jersey 07505 DEDICATION to John Leach Baum & Ewald...approach to the mineralogy of Franklin and Sterling Hill but concurrent in their fidelity to the mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
PARAGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF THE MINERALS OF FRANKLIN, NEW JERSEY Cnenrns Per-ecnn,H oruard.Uniuersity. SUMMARY...which are found in the region near Franklin, New Jersey. It is shown that these may be classified genetically...Franklin are located in the New Jersey Highlands, about fifty miles northwest of New York City. The region...roads. There are two similar ore deposits, one on Mine Hill at Franklin (formerly known as Franklin Furnace)...miles southwest of Franklin, on Sterling Hill near the town of Ogdensburg. TEE AM ERICAN MINERALOGIST
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....16 Bench Tips ..........................18 New Sites of Sapphire Appreciation “Down Under” Club...Community Outlook ............74 A Sneak Peek at A New Column and Series SUBSCRIPTION QUESTIONS? Rock &...winner, Marie Curie. Extracted from the Musonoi Mine, Kolwezi Dist., the Democratic Republic of the Congo...walk along the Tomorrow River Trail, in Waupaca County, Wisconsin. ANTOINETTE RAHN our staff EDITORIAL...visiting a public dig site? • Have you discovered new materials, techniques, or equipment you’ve used in
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West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex NJ 07461 ASSISTANT...the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS 60 Alpine Road Sussex NJ 07461 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking... THE PICKING TABLE JOURNAL OF THE FRANKLIN OGDENSBURG MINERALOGICAL SOCIETY, IMC. THE PICKING TABLE...Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. 1 llth St., #1 IB New York NY 10025 SPRING/SUMMER 1996 N ARTICLES EDITORIAL
Journal (issue)
Notes on the Minerals of Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey By John S. Albanese VOL. I JANUARY 1961...address: John S. Albanese P. 0. Box 221 Union, New Jersey No. 6 -99HistoricaJ.. Somewhere about the...and in 1836 was sold out by tbe Sheriff of the County to Oakes ,t,;mes, of Taunton, Massachusetts, who...till the Sussex Zinc Com:pe.ny began their line of experiments, in 1848, at Newark, New Jersey. All who...abso.rbed in some new organization. Among these several names appear - The Sussex Zinc end Copper Manufacturing
Journal (volume)
al 4.0 International License. THE PRANKLIM-OGDENSBURG MlMERALOGICAL SOCIETY, INC. OFFICERS AttD STAFF...West 111th Street, New York NY 10025 TREASURER John Cianciulli 60 Alpine Road, Sussex NJ 07461 ASSISTANT...the FranklinOgdensburg, New Jersey area is invited to join the Franklin-Ogdensburg Mineralogical Society...John Cianciulli, Treasurer FOMS 60 Alpine Road Sussex NJ 07461 www.FOMSNJ.org The contents of The Picking...Richard C. Bostwick Tema J. Hecht 600 W. lllthSt.,#llB New York NY 10025 EDITORIAL BOARD John L. Baum Peter
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occurrence, but it u u has long been mined in New Jersey as an important, ore of zinc (ZLJ2Si04, containing...mineral-species, willemite was first recognized in New Jersey in 1822, although it had evidently been mined...Wiltemite. Mine Hill, F r a n k l i n Furnace, 1 ~Iardyston township, Sussex Co., 'New Jersey. H e r e...i n mines. ,Stirling Hill,~ Ogdensburg, Sparta township, Sussex Co., New Jersey. Two m i l e s south...Gronland, 1905, vol, 32, p. 276.) Merritt mine, Socorro Co., New Mexico, U.S.A. (F. A. Genth, Proc. Amer
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Mandarino Famous mineral localities: the Ichinokawa mine, Japan ............. 229 ': Rotors w^c; ; 'v Tampa...Bancroft Mineralogy of the Bandora mine, South Mineral Creek, San Juan County, Colorado ....................................241 by M. Jensen Chernikovite, a new mineral name for (H30 ) 2(U 0 2)2(P 04)2#6H20 superseding...Ma^v tynn. Calcium arsenate minerals new to the Getchell mine, Nevada ........................................................271 by T. Moore What's new in minerals? ...................................
 
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